Volume 21, Number 3—March 2015
Dispatch
Increased Risk for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Migratory Workers, Armenia
Nune Truzyan
, Byron Crape, Ruzanna Grigoryan, Hripsime Martirosyan, and Varduhi Petrosyan
, Byron Crape, Ruzanna Grigoryan, Hripsime Martirosyan, and Varduhi Petrosyan
Table 2
Time intervals between first symptoms, diagnosis, and tuberculosis treatment for migrant workers, Armenia, 2008–2011
| Interval | Mean (SD) duration, mo |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia | Host country of work | ||
| First symptoms–first diagnosis | 3.1 (6.3) | 1.7 (3.1) | 0.23 |
| First diagnosis–first treatment | 0.6 (1.9) | 3.1 (9.3) | 0.06* |
| First symptoms–first treatment | 3.8 (6.6) | 3.8 (8.5) | 0.54 |
*Marginally significant difference (0.1≤p≤0.05).
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